Combined ferrule and bridle for wall-brushes.



PATENTED OCT. 8, 1905.

A. LOOKEEY. COMBINED FBRRULE AND BRIDLE FOR WALL BRUSHES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1904:.

INVENTOR WITNESSES:

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ALEXANDER LOGKERY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED FERRULE AND BRIDLE FOR WALL-BRUSHES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed July 25,1904. Serial No. 217,928.

To all whom, it 77l/(LZ/ concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER LOCKERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Ferrule and Bridle for all-Brushes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates more particularly to that class of brushes known as wallbrushes, and has for its objects to provide a ferrule and bridle combined in one integral piece, to thus enable the same to be stamped out of sheet metal, to secure greater rigidity of the bridle, whereby it will perform its work of holding the bristles more effectively, to secure cheapness and ease of manufacture, and to save time and labor in assembling the parts of the brush, and to obtain other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved combination ferrule and bridle forbrushes and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure l is a side elevation of a wallbrush having my invention applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a vew of a combined ferrule and bridle in perspective.

In said drawings, 2 indicates a wall-brush having the usual wooden handle 3 and body portion 4, to which the brush portion or bristles 5 are applied, as is common, by the ferrule portion 9 of my new combination ferrule and bridle 7. Said part 7 comprises a single piece or strip of sheet metal bent into an oblong shape adapted to fit the body por tion 4 of the brush and having its ends joined, as at 8, in any manner common to sheetmetal working. Longitudinally the piece or strip 7 comprises two parallel transverse portions 9 and 10, one of which, as 9, is wide enough to form a ferrule and the other, 10, of

which is narrower to serve as a bridle. The said ferrule and bridle parts 9 and 10 are joined by integral arms 11, preferably four in number, and arranged in pairs 'near the ends of the oblong bridle and ferrule 7, the arms of each pair being at the ends of the short curve forming the end of the piece 7. Preferably the outer edge or margin of the bridle 10 is turned or doubled inward, as at 6, Fig. 2, and adapted to lie against the bristles.

It will be understood that the transverse open space between the bridle 10 and ferrule 9 is wide in comparison with the bridle and exposes the outer surface of the bristle all around the brush except where the longitudinal arms 11 are. Thus below the ferrule 9 only the said arms 11 and the bridle 10 lie against the bristles, and these parts are so narrow in comparison to the ferrule and the open space between the ferrule and bridle as to obstruct but very slightly the action of the bristles in holding and spreading the paint. In fact, such obstruction is so unimportant in practice that it is impossible for the paint to be permanently held or retained above the bridle.

In assembling the brush the bristle portion 5 is inserted into the combined ferrule and bridle from the bridle end, so that the bases or roots of the bristles lie within the ferrule 9. Cement is then applied, as usual, rivets 12 passed through the ferrule from side to side through the bristles, and the ferrule tacked to the handlebody, as at 13.

In use, therefore, the bridle has no looseness with respect to the ferrule, and thus its resiliency or elasticity is brought into greater play, and it is a much better support to the ristles than would be the case if there were lost motion. Furthermore, it is cheaper and easier to manufacture the device by stamp ing the ferrule, arms, and bridle out of a single piece of metal, and, moreover, the workman in assembling the brush saves time and labor by having to handle only a single piece.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a brush, the combination with a handle and bristles, of a one-piece ferrule and bridle, comprising a sheet-metal band surrounding the brush, said band providing at one end a broad ferrule portion overlying the junction of the bristles and handle-body and being tacked or nailed to each of said parts, a narrow bridle ortion at the other end of said band, adapted to surround the bristles at a distance from the handle-body, and narrow arms integrally connecting said bridle por tion to the ferrule and providing open spaces between said parts which are wide in comparison to the bridle, whereby the bristles are freely exposed adjacent to the ferrule and yet supported at a distance from said ferrule against undue flexing.

2. In a brush, the combination with a handle and bristles, of a one-piece ferrule and bridle comprising a sheet-metal band surrounding the brush, said band providing at one end a broad ferrule portion overlying the junction of the bristles and handle-body and being tacked or nailed to each of said parts, a narrow bridle portion at the other end of said band adapted to surround the bristles at a distance from the handle-body, and having its lower end edges bent or folded inward, and narrow arms integrally connecting said bridle portion to the ferrule and providing open spaces between said parts which are wide in comparison to the bridle, whereby the bristles are freely exposed adjacent to the ferrule and yet supported at a distance from said ferrule against undue flexing.

3. In a Hat brush, the combination with a handle and bristles, of a one-piece ferrule and bridle, comprising a sheet-metal band of 0blong cross-sectional shape surrounding the brush, said band providing at one end a broad ferrule portion overlying the junction of the bristles and handle-body and being tacked or nailed to each of said parts, a narrow bridle portion at the other end of said band, adapted to surround the bristles at a distance from the handle-body, and narrow arms integrally connecting the bridle portion to the ferrule at or near the shorter sides of the oblong band and providing open spaces between said parts which are wide in comparison to the bridle, whereby the bristles are at the broad flat sides of the brush freely exposed adjacent to the ferrule and yet supported at a distance from said ferrule against undue flexing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of July, 1904.

ALEXANDER LOCKERY.

WVitnesses RUssELL M. EVERETT, RALPH LANCASTER. 

